We put “Dead and Gone” (a reimagining of James Joyce’s “The Dead” set in post-reconstruction Memphis) to bed last night. There’s a few days of editing to try to throw in some addition SFX, take out the room noise, and trim a few page turns, but I think it’s gonna end up being a really good show.

Normally when we record everyone gets headphones so we can hear the mix and whether we’re clipping out mics or not, but there was choreography for this one—not particularly conducive to walking around tethered to a headphone jack.

Normally the things that get recorded end up at the Chatterbox Audio Theater website, but in this case it’ll be going out over this cutting-edge technology called “radio”—namely, the local public radio station, WKNO FM 91.1 on July 21 at 7pm Central time. Those of you in the Memphis area can tune in, and the rest can either stream it from WKNO’s website, or wait a couple of days and download the podcast.

Also, for those interested, their older recordings are available for free in iTunes, so check ‘em out!

My previous published contribution to their collection is playing a dog and the Pepperidge Farm guy, among others, in their recording of Rip Van Winkle—I’ve contributed on a couple of other items that haven’t been posted yet (but I play animals in ALL OF THEM), but even the ones without me are worth a listen—their collection runs the gamut from horror to classics to sketch comedy.